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What is a Top Bar Hive?

This is a question that is asked most often by people who stop at our stall at the Skibbereen Farmers Market, so I thought I would explain it here.

A Top Bar Hive is an imitation of a hollowed out log with the added advantage of being able to monitor and extract honey with minimal disturbance to the hive. The hive shape and size are a more natural configuration than the common square box widely used. There is also a great amount of open space in the hive that aids in ventilation, which is a major factor in a healthy hive.

bees and honeyTamsin Blackbourn18 February 2013Comment

Towards the Light

There is always a light at the end of the tunnel - of course it leads to the outside. Assuming we have started out on the inside - this is the natural direction we should all be going in. Yet, somehow, some times all we find is more darkness.

awakening, change, mind work, spiritual pathTamsin Blackbourn17 February 2013Comment

Patterns of Worry - Superconsciousness and the Overmind

I've been working on this post for a week now and keep coming back to it - leaving it awhile and just trying to dig more deeply into these (my own) patterns when it comes to worry. Of course, I have come up with a few energetic links to it....

Worry for us appears is the ultimate distraction - I have observed myself and many others who can worry a path in the floor. Or, my personal favourite, stand in front of the fire and stare off into space while our minds work away.

awakening, blocked energy, body mind soul, closing energy leaks, elevate the mind, emotions, energy, focus, mind work, wellbeing, spiritual pathTamsin Blackbourn16 February 2013Comment

Death by Misinformation

These days there has been a lot on my mind and I have found it particularly difficult to write - not because I don't have anything to say (smile). But -- I am not sure how to say all that is going through my mind in a nice way.

awakening, gut health, healthy eating, wellbeingTamsin Blackbourn16 February 2013Comment

Energy Patterns - Past & Present

I have heard this several times lately - don't look back, just focus on what is ahead. Or, don't dwell on the past, it will pull you back into it. To be honest, I don't really agree with this logic. Mostly because if you ignore or forget about where you have come from, you will certainly end up making the exact same mistakes and more.

change, elevate the mind, mind work, self care, energyTamsin Blackbourn15 February 2013Comment

Happy Mass Marketing Day!!

Today is a day to celebrate love - or is it....of course for those of us who love to cook, eat and all things to do with food, we are very used to saying 'I love you' with the meals we create. And nothing as far as I am concerned says 'love' like a healthy meal.

healthy eatingTamsin Blackbourn14 February 2013Comment

Bee Garden Planning

April has asked me to contribute regularly to this Bee Blog and I will do my best.

Planning a garden with Bees in mind means just being aware of what the Bees need throughout the year. Bees will fly every day that they can, weather permitting, even in mid-winter. If the winters day is mild and the sun is shinning on the hive entrance, then the Bees will venture out to see what they can find.

bees and honey, ecosystemTamsin Blackbourn13 February 2013Comment

Interference Energy - It's Real!

How much time in our days is taken up by the completely pointless, time consuming and energy draining pastimes of listening, watching, reading (to anyone other then ourselves) and otherwise engaged in totally distracting activities? And who on earth dictates this stuff....

blocked energy, closing energy leaks, detox, elevate the mind, focus, self careTamsin Blackbourn13 February 2013Comment

These Dreams - You Can Eat!

I once heard someone say - 'You can't eat dreams' - so basically why bother to follow the seemingly impossible...yet, that's what life is all about. Finding our passions, then putting them to good use. In the pursuit of living.

change, energy, focus, goals, negative thinking, positive thinkingTamsin Blackbourn12 February 2013Comment

Energy Vampires - Self Healing of the Soul

I have been thinking a lot more about Energy Vampires - actually they are quickly stepping down off of their podiums and sort of beginning the age old process of --- dying? Who would have thought, vampires are not really supposed to die...

But, for those of us watching closely - and we are, believe me - it has become quite clear there are those who are leaving their posts and the earth. Hopefully going back to where ever it is they have derived from - the dark creatures that they are!